[HPFGU-Movie] PoA movie vs. book

[artsylynda at aol.com]

In a message dated 8/31/2004 9:31:21 AM Eastern Daylight Time,  
HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com writes:

I am  rereading the series now, and I am once again bothered by a  
discrepancy.  In the book, Peter Pettigrew is discovered alive by  
Lupin using the Maurader's Map after H/R/H had already met up with  
Padfoot and Crookshanks.  He then goes into the Shrieking Shack  
after them.  In the book, however, Harry tries to find Pettigrew in  
the school one night after he (Scabbers) disappeared.  Harry follows  
the map by wandlight and appears to walk right past him.   

Unlike the other discrepancies in the plot details, I don't see any  
cinematic reasons for changing this pretty significant (in my 
opinion)  detail in the story line.  Is anybody else bothered by 
this, or does  anybody have any explaination as to how this change 
had ANY positive  effect to the story or why the director chose this 
means to an end?   




That discrepancy is what led to the part of the trailers I never  understood 
until I saw the movie -- where Harry is walking around with his wand  lit in a 
dark corridor, map in hand.  It made  no sense to me.  I  think they did it 
purely because it was visually cool for him to be waking up  sleeping 
portraits.  Also, when Harry and Snape have their confrontation,  it's very good, very 
"in character" for both of them, Snape slimey and vengeful,  Harry cheeky and 
defiant -- and then Lupin comes along with quiet gentility and  rescues Harry, 
ignoring Snape's gibes at him.  I think that scene did a lot  of character 
development in a small space, plus it's visually interesting.   And the scene 
prior, where Harry is eating something (what was that?   Looked kind of like a 
granola bar???) and looking at the map, and Ron woke up  from the nightmare, 
and Harry said, "You tell those spiders, Ron" with that  little twinkle in his 
eye.  Again, not in the books, but again, very much  in character and a funny 
scene.  That and the candy scene where the boys  are trying different "animal 
sounds" candies until Harry eats the Pepper Imps (I  guess that's what caused 
the smoke to come out of his ears) were visually  interesting and funny, not at 
all in canon.  These and many other things  bothered me the first few times I 
saw the film, but then I just started enjoying  the film for itself, and I 
liked all of them.  The one discrepancy I can  think of right now that bothers 
me is that Hermione didn't think to use the  "Immobilus" charm on the tree when 
she HAD used it on the Cornish Pixies in  CoS.  And the fact they made her 
"Super Hermione" and told her repeatedly  she was so bright, and changing 
Flitwick to a weird little Hitler looking guy,  etc., etc.  And I did NOT like 
Dumbledore's robes, hair or beard!  But  other than those things and many others, I 
liked the film a lot!   heehee  Saw it for the seventh time yesterday -- one 
of those times was at  IMAX.  Way cool.  Can't wait for the DVD!  Sure wish 
they'd give  us an extended version like they did for the LotR movies!  

Lynda

"The cat's among the pixies now." Mrs. Figg,  OoP



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